Fan activity

Content tabs

Add new comment

No More Pennies

The well publicised rhubarb with the Royal Canadian Mint should not overshadow the value of this quite perfect album. Gunning writes like a dream, grabbing the listener with a foolscap of lines that are as tight as the planks on a fisherman`s dory and as colourful as a Newfoundland outport. True, he has co-written a number of the songs with a literary club that includes George Canyon, David Francey, Bruce Guthro and Lennie Gallant, but make no mistake it`s Gunning`s album all the way. A gentle reflectiveness pervades throughout ...Pennies with the Maritimer spinning stories that are delivered with a voice dripping melancholy, remorse, ardor and empathy. ``With These Hands``, a soft-spoken message of hope in a world gone mad, has been launched with a video, but if one is to pick one song from this album it has to be `The Weight of My Guitar. If this doesn`t pluck your interest, ``That`s When We Fell`` will.